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• It Makes More Sense to Just Burn Down the Banks

  

  Art by Alex Schaefer. by Adam Jung / Huffington PostBefore we get any further in this article I want to first say “Hello” to the NSA. So, What did you have for... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Tar Sands Mining to Begin This Summer in Logan County, Kentucky

  

  By Erica Peterson / WFPL Later this summer, a company plans to open a surface mine in southern Kentucky. But the operation won’t be mining for coal. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Detroit Protesters Block Entrance for Petroleum Coke Deliveries

  Note: The protesters came back and blocked the entrance again on Tuesday, and spoke to the Detroit City Council seeking their support to stop deliveries. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Colombian Military Massacres Peasants in Oil-and-Coal Related Protests

  

  Police violently disperse unarmed peasant protesters in Catatumbo, Colombia, Jun 2013 (photo by Telesur)from Root ForceThe Colombian military has killed at leas... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Controversial Daily Caller Editor Admitted to Posing As Radical Animal Rights...

  

  By Kate Shepherd / Mother JonesDavid Martosko—the outgoing executive editor of the conservative Daily Caller and a prominent defender of the news site’s dispute... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Regaining Food Sovereignty: Neyaab Nimamoomin Mewinzha Gaa-inajigeyang

  by John Ahni Schertow / Intercontinental CryRegaining Food Sovereignty explores the state of food systems in some Northern Minnesota Native communities;... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Navajos Launch Direct Action Against Big Coal

  

  by Sarah Lazare / Common DreamsPhoto by Black Mesa Water Coalition Navajo Nation members launched a creative direct action Tuesday to protest the massive... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Documents Reveal State Officials, Not Scientists, Led Decision to Strip...

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversityEndangered Species Act’s Science-based Mandate Sidestepped for Political Expediency Documents obtained from the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Jaguar Threatens Open-pit Mine Plan in Southern Arizona

  

  by Tony Davis / AZ StarA male jaguar has roamed the Santa Rita Mountains’ eastern flank for at least nine months, photos obtained from the federal government... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Trans Mountain Pipeline Shut Down After Second Leak In One Month

  

  Canadian PressHOPE, B.C. — Another leak has been detected along Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline which crosses southern British Columbia carrying... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• GMO Crops Torched in America

  

  Cross Posted from Political Blind SpotThough the controlled corporate media apparatus is suppressing the story, 40 tons of GMO crops were torched, prompting an... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Climate of Obamaland

  

  By SashaTo begin his speech on climate change at Georgetown, President Obama evoked the image of earth as seen from space in 1968. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• EYEWITNESS REPORT: Swamp Line 9 Raided by Police Injunction Against Enbridge...

  

  By Tim Groves / Toronto Media Coop At approximately 7am on Wednesday morning police entered a protest camp dubbed “Swamp Line 9″ and rapidly began making... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fracking Equipment Set Ablaze in Elsipogtog

  

  Shot-hole driller ablaze down the Bass River road. [Photo: Miles Howe]by Earth First! NewsHalifax Media Co-op reports that a piece of drilling equipment was... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Oil And Gas Companies Seen As Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

  

  Reuters//Timothy Gardner U.S. oil and natural gas operations are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks that can harm the competitiveness of energy companies... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Update from Swampline9 — June 25th, 3:30pm

  

  Cross Posted from Swampline97 Hours ago we were served an injunction that gave us 2 hours to leave the property. We kept our shit together, and are working... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Primate Products Inc. Facility Closes Down After Smash HLS Campaign

  

  by David Fleshler / Sun SentinelGary Serignese, Executive Director of South Florida Smash HLS, leads a demonstration outside Primate Products, Inc. in Doral,... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• David Hasselhoff Crabs Face Extinction

  

  by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! NewsYou may think this is a joke but it isn’t. The hairy-chested Yeti crab, nicknamed the “Hoff” by deep-sea scientists for... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Giant Wolf Chases Motorcycle Out of Its Territory

  

  by Earth First! News Last Saturday, Tim Bartlett, a motorcyclist from Alberta, Canada, was chased for over a mile by a wolf while he roared down British... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• FBI Chases Anti-GMO Activists While Ignoring Monsanto’s Transgressions

  

  Hot on the trail of the bad guys — depending on your definition of “bad.”by John Upton / Grist.orgSome experimental GMO crops were torn out of a field in... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT